[OT] Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel
As an a-side but in a similar vein:
How can one ensure that the physical interfaces get assigned to the same
interface consistently after rebooting. Is the only way to explicitly specify
the physical interface/physical hardware address combination as a kernel
parameter.
On a firewall I have i am only slightly paranoid that the machine may come up
after a power failure and re-assign the physical interfaces differently. Up
until now all the interfaces have had different drivers so it has not been an
issue. module aliases have ensured eth1 does not come up as eth0 and so on.
ideas?
On Monday 24 February 2003 04:28, Michael West wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 08:51:31AM -0800, Michael West wrote:
> > I am having trouble setting up a system for 3 nic cards with a monolithic
> > kernel ( 2.4.18 )
>
> I tried passing kernel parameters
>
> ether=11,0x2000,eth0 ether=10,0x4000,eth1 ether=9,0x6000,eth2
>
> Now I can only ping all three addresses if eth0 is connected by cable.
> eth1 and eth2 no longer respond though ifconfig output has not changed.
>
> Also if I bring the interfaces down and backup I get an error both
> ways on the last interface. The order of the interfaces does not
> matter.
>
> ----------------------
> SIOCADDRT: File exists
> ----------------------
>
> for example
>
> ifup eth1
> ifup eth0
> ifup eth2
> SIOCADDRT: File exists
>
> ifdown eth0
> ifdown eth2
> ifdown eth1
> SIOCDELRT: No such process
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